Old Hard Drive in new Case/MB/CPU WinXP Pro startup trouble

[flycat]

Ok lets see if anyone can figure this one out cause I am
stumped after two days. F.Y.I. I am making a second, so-so
computer out of my older parts.

I am trying to put my older hard drive into a Asus K7v
mother board and case. Before my Hard Drive got the bump
out of my higher end system it was sleeping with an Asus
A7N8X Deluxe mother board. I think it's mad about it's
down grade but hey Serial ATA is just too good to hold out
on.

So I took the older Hard Drive out of the A7N8X MB which
sports the new nForce 2 chip set. The Hard Drive is now
paired up with the olderK7V MB which uses an older chipset.
My trouble comes when I boot the older system, I get this
message when I try to boot in safe mode and when I try
normal or to restore to last working copy it doesn't work,
black screen and no activity. The message I see is like

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

and some drive diectorys about the last line. I tryed to
use boot disc's and use the recovery console but I get to
the same dead end. I've search the Microsoft Knowledge
Base to the best of my ability and have not found exactly
how to fix this.

Has anyone had the same trouble and through your
experience do you have a solution for me? Any help would
be great but I am not the most computer minded of people
so please be detailed if you do respond.

flycat
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Pete Baker]

Flycat

If you have an XP install CD, have you tried the repair procedure - also
known as the in-place upgrade?

XP configures itself to suit the hardware on installation, so after a major
hardware change such as the one you describe you must re-configure XP to
suit the new hardware.

Many users, myself included, prefer to do a full clean install after major
hardware changes as you describe.

The alternative, and equally valid option, is the repair install (also known
as an In-Place Upgrade)

See following Knowledge Base article for details.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

After doing this you may need to re-activate your installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.

After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates, but you will not need to re-install applications.

Hope that helps
Pete

 

[flycat]

So does editing the boot.ini help at all or do I have to
do the reinstall option?

Flycat

 

[Serious]

Flycat,

In my opinion you are having irq problem(interrupt
requests) it interruppts what the processor is doing and
takes some of its time,if two devices are using the same
irq the processor does not know,this can cause a conflict.

Or you could have dma problems, which is direct memory
access the data required by one device overwrites the
other.

Solution
Plug and Play helps the system Bios (basic input outout)
and the operating system automatically assign system
resources.in theory no two devices can compete for the
same resource,
See windows millennium.

 

[mrtee]

The reinstall, if it is offered. See; Do a Repair Install of XP - by Michael Stevens - IMPORTANT http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#warning1

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| So does editing the boot.ini help at all or do I have to
| do the reinstall option?
|
| Flycat
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Flycat
| >
| >If you have an XP install CD, have you tried the repair
| procedure - also
| >known as the in-place upgrade?
| >
| >XP configures itself to suit the hardware on
| installation, so after a major
| >hardware change such as the one you describe you must re-
| configure XP to
| >suit the new hardware.
| >
| >Many users, myself included, prefer to do a full clean
| install after major
| >hardware changes as you describe.
| >
| >The alternative, and equally valid option, is the repair
| install (also known
| >as an In-Place Upgrade)
| >
| >See following Knowledge Base article for details.
| >
| >How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of
| Windows XP
| >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
| US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
| >
| >After doing this you may need to re-activate your
| installation of XP. If it
| >has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated
| you should be able
| >to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require
| a short phonecall.
| >
| >After the repair install you will need to re-install any
| XP service packs
| >and updates, but you will not need to re-install
| applications.
| >
| >Hope that helps
| >Pete
| >--------------------
| >
| >| >> Ok lets see if anyone can figure this one out cause I am
| >> stumped after two days. F.Y.I. I am making a second, so-
| so
| >> computer out of my older parts.
| >>
| >> I am trying to put my older hard drive into a Asus K7v
| >> mother board and case. Before my Hard Drive got the bump
| >> out of my higher end system it was sleeping with an Asus
| >> A7N8X Deluxe mother board. I think it's mad about it's
| >> down grade but hey Serial ATA is just too good to hold
| out
| >> on.
| >>
| >> So I took the older Hard Drive out of the A7N8X MB which
| >> sports the new nForce 2 chip set. The Hard Drive is now
| >> paired up with the olderK7V MB which uses an older
| chipset.
| >> My trouble comes when I boot the older system, I get
| this
| >> message when I try to boot in safe mode and when I try
| >> normal or to restore to last working copy it doesn't
| work,
| >> black screen and no activity. The message I see is like
| >>
| >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
| >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
| >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
| >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
| >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
| >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
| >>
| >> and some drive diectorys about the last line. I tryed to
| >> use boot disc's and use the recovery console but I get
| to
| >> the same dead end. I've search the Microsoft Knowledge
| >> Base to the best of my ability and have not found
| exactly
| >> how to fix this.
| >>
| >> Has anyone had the same trouble and through your
| >> experience do you have a solution for me? Any help would
| >> be great but I am not the most computer minded of people
| >> so please be detailed if you do respond.
| >>
| >> flycat
| >> (e-mail address removed)
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Pete Baker]

Flycat

I'd have to agree with mrtee. I don't believe editing the boot.ini with
have any benefit and may simply complicate the existing situation. Your
hardware change is a common one (effectively an upgrade for mainboard and
CPU, RAM) and the preferred and overwhelmingly successful response is the
repair install as described. The edit in the link from mrtee may help but
may not be necessary.

Before you make any further changes you should, of course attempt to back up
any important files and data.

Hope that helps
Pete
--------------------

 

[Pete Baker]

Of course that should read, in your particular circumstance, "a downgrade
for mainboard...etc"... or more charitably, "a change in mainboard..etc"

Pete
--------------------------------

 

[mrtee]

Now if you had said "burn of the original" I would have told you that there are a couple of hidden files that must be added to the files on the CD to make it bootable. Take a look at . http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/. You could have saved yourself a lot of time by passing on full information.

Glad that it worked for you though.

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________in response to__________
Ok problem fixed and wanted to let anyone else that is
having this trouble know how I fixed it. I made 6 XP boot
dics from a file I downloaded from MS. I used them instead
of a XP CD because mine was not getting recognition,
because it's a burn of the orginal. I used those disc's to
start the installation of win XP pro and what I did was
simple, I installed windows and ZAP! no trouble with the
boot.ini anymore and windows booted right up.

Now a warning to anyone else with my troubles; messing
with boot.ini file via the "R" repair option in windows XP
setup never worked for me. I used the recovery console 3
times, each time using a different command, which I found
on MS knowledge base. All attempts failed.

So install windows again, you keep your files and folders
but I think you might lose anything you had on the
desktop. So that's how I did it, one thing to note, alot
of patience helps and take it slow, don't try to fix it
all at once. If your pissed as hell then take a time out
and come back later with a refreshed mind.

Fly